Friday, July 4, 2008

cocoons!!

Life science!
I have always noticed that bump on a worm, but never really understood it. Worms have both female and male functions, each worm can fertilize another while creating baby cocoons. As a worm gets mature the bump gets larger and this is where the fertilization occurs. The bump area forms a cocoon that moves down the worm's body and is then shed into the dirt.
This yellow "seed" is a worm cocoon! It is next to a grape stem and half of a broken egg shell. So I guess we are going to have babies :).
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